Art & Inspiration For Your Life
Today I thought I’d share something a bit different. Here’s something you might not know about me, my passion for creating extends outside my studio. I love cooking and baking, even more so I love tinkering with recipes. One of my goals is to make yummy, healthier versions of some of my favorites. Yesterday,...
“Do not be limited by your own thoughts. Spirit is limitless. Base your-Self; actions, thoughts, inspiration, your whole life in Spirit. Thinking in limitation is thinking based in human thoughts of confusion. Spirit guides us and gives us ideas all the time. Too often, we block them out or dismiss them as impractical. Listen...
Last night I briefly introduced you to this week’s artist, Alma Stoller. Today we’ll get to take a closer look at the artist and her inspirations. Please introduce yourself and your art a little bit. My name is Alma Stoller and I am a multi-media artist, designer and blogger. I live in New York...
So last week I kind of snuck (is that a word?) the new Secret into the artist interview. But really this news is SO BIG, SO GINORMOUSLY HUGE, I had to give it a little more mention. Here it is… 21 SECRETS has been EXTENDED!!!! YAHOOOO!!!! The online art journal playground is now open...
Layers of text seemed to be emerging though this entry. I worked the page with acrylic paint and allowed the text to simply emerge onto the page. It was like receiving internal guidance directly on my page....
Although this completed page has bright images, I actually allowed me to process some dark thoughts. Through the process of creating this paper, paint and ink collage I was reminded of the ever present light and beauty in this world. The sun still shines brightly behind the clouds. View the blog post about this...
This journal page was inspired by Violette Clark’s class “Me and My Shadow” at 21 Secrets. Through this process I was able to fill my page with inner joy. The text begins “My Shadow of Light dances in the sun.”...
Do you ever have those days where you just question everything? That’s how I was feeling when I turned to my journal this day. I sat down and began to write. I dumped all my thoughts, doubts and questions onto the page. Then I smeared paint across the top and kept right on writing....
This page captures a recurring and important Truth. Using paint I just played around with simple shapes and patterns. Then the idea for the text internally emerged and I wrote it across the top of the image....
Creating this journal page was a deeply spiritual experience. It was inspired by Natasha Reilly’s class “Improvisation Station” at 21 Secrets. Her class taught me to look at my own definition of Self in a whole new way. The bottom line of this page reads “I am the limitless and ever expanding Universe.” View...